Deserved.

Ben Cortichiato easily!

Definitely one for classics week

Is it weird I cried when I realized he gave this record a ten? Or well, we think. I'm just so happy to see Queens get their share of love by the person who's perspective I listen to the most, when it comes to music.

i remember when that album first came out rolling stone gave it 3 out of 5 stars . i went out and bought it anyway . music critics dont know jack squat .:)

Yes. This.

Damn right, Josh died for a few minutes on an operating table during a surgical procedure for a MRSA infection to write those songs.

Facts

Ugh Like Clockwork is 100% Queens' best album. Sue me. One the best rock albums ever imo.

I actually think it’s superior to Songs for the Deaf. It’s so tight and concise, it tells its story at just the perfect length and there are no skips. It’s an all time great album.

Me too! Lullabies is the only Queens album I'm fully content with listening to the whole way through

@@furleysbrain I always loved Era

Because it comes across as trying to be 'dark' and 'edgy', not genuine like the earlier albums.

@@Harrier_DuBois you mean Lullabies or ERa?

@@furleysbrain Lullabies

the first song of that album is literally a song for the deaf

"I need a SAGA, where's the Saga?... IT'S SONGS... *FOR THE DEAF!* "

Driving around with your friends 🎶

You can't even hear it!

@@ldv7548 So that's what he says! I always heard "you're grabbing ass with your friends"

I love both of these albums win-win

wow im so happy there is someone else out there you likes both of these and see the similarities.

Why is this so true lmao

One of their best albums fosho

Why would you say something that controversial yet so brave?

are you kidding? i can't think of many bands with such a huge power gap between their good records and their bad records.

@@methyod I disagree

@@methyod weezer, green day, linkin park, fall out boy, blink-182, there's a few more (all of whom have this problem to a much greater degree). And I was only thinking of rock bands from around the same time period.

@@methyod horrible take

@@methyod qotsa has bad albums?

such a good intro

Bum bum ch bum bum bum ch bum

@@TheGardiner *DEAD BULL WITH THE LIFE FROM THE LOW*

@@nerdycat9180 *I’LL BE MASSIVE CONQUISTADOR*

@@TheGardiner *GIVE ME SOUL, AND SHOW ME THE DOOR*

Listened to like clockwork... while playing skate 3 a few years back. Weird feels when closer track hits and you pulling a sick grind

to be fair, anything josh homme has a hand in is sick to drive to. this, kyuss, even humbug by arctic monkeys.

QOTSA songs have been used in so many racing games over the years.

LMAO

fr

He’s always spoken highly of that record, for like ....10 years now.

@@moegerms idk every livestream that ppl asked him what was his favorite he always said Rated R or Like Clockwork so i never knew 🤷🏼‍♂️

@Gene Bone lol nah but i respect your opinion

@Gene Bone no

@Gene Bone nope

Benzo rock

exactly, the song like clockwork even sounds like a pink floyd tribute

Joe North never got into them

Absolutely right. Like Clockwork is as good as Songs for the Deaf, they are just for different times.

Acid rock?

I've had to sell some of mine, so i can afford buying new ones

I don't get it

Glazing is crazy

Unpopular opinion: it's my second favorite album from them.

its my favorite QOTSA album and its nice to hear some praise

@@lvndrr_dashboard same

3's & 7's is a timeless banger then there's also Suture Up Your Future, my favorite Running Joke and Era Vulgaris who are still amazing BUT 3'S & 7'S IS A TIMELESS BANGER

@@LunarySSF2 truth, 3's & 7's made my hands hurt so much in GH3 that i can't not love it

Rated R :')

@@Mrcupcake010 IMHO it's Songs for the Deaf :)

I hate the SFTD album cover, but it's my favorite QOTSA album, but I love the Villains cover and it's my least favorite QOTSA album

@@spamsingles5948 how could you hate the SFTD album cover? It's genius in its simplicity.

@@messygamez5675 It looks like a lazy photoshop job

No way SFTD is like an 9/10, it would have been a 10/10 if it wasn't for Nicks shitty vocals

@@Fanged.Fiend.Reactor "you think i aint worth a dollar" would not sound good without nicks vocals IMO

@@Fanged.Fiend.Reactor theres nothing wrong with his vocals, you’re obviously not a fan of punk aesthetics

@@grimg0r Easy solution, get rid of the song

@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 Actually I love punk music, Nick vocals just ruins the flow of the album

Joseph Schocker fuck yeahhh same bro

If it wasn't for Radiohead, they would be mine too.

Spectre Radiohead is boring

What a bunch of fucking normies in these comments

@@Ac-dk9ki look at me guys, i can listen to a 3 hour noise album without shooting my brains out

Tha Swami exactly! The album wasn’t entirely cohesive but it had bangers that worked on their own

Tha Swami it's my personal favorite, hate seeing it shit on so much. nice to hear it appreciated

Where you a fan when the album came out? A lot of us who were we where disappointed with the record but over time it has come to be one of my favorite ones. I think the reason for that is the expectations we all had on that album.

its*

@@TheJinjo75 Yeah i guess, but I try to have an open mind to everything, like I think im one of the few people who really like Villains.

It's certainly not bad, but it's in their bottom three. Only because Songs for the Deaf, Rated R and Lullabies to Paralyze are so good.

Literally my favorite by them by far. First intro to them and it got me into everything I listen to now. Not perfect but damn near close imo so creative and dark.

That album is so experimental and weird, makes it a blast to listen to

Make It Wit Chu

Joe pwrsurge that song is pretty average honestly, especially given what else the album has to offer

S - Animals Everything else is opinion

noahjfetz YES SIR!

1. Animals 2. The Wall 3. Wish You Were Here 4. Dark Side of The Moon 5. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn and everything else is uncertainty

@@spicecaptain7279 idk I think the wall has a few duds in the tracklist. Comfortably numb (while great) gets really old after you've heard it a lot. Wywh doesn't really have those IMO.

1:the wall 2:animals/wish you were here 3:darkside of the moon/meddle 4:piper at the gates of dawn/atom heart mother 5:obscured by clouds/the final cut 6:division bell/saucer full of secrets 7:momentary lapse of reason/ummagumma 8:more/endless river

Dave i always liked him as a producer as well, just the album feels lifeless in comparison

Villains is like my joint favourite album.

I didn't really like villians at first but when I heard the songs live I started to appreciate it, then love it.

Crystal Blue I might have to hear it live because it didn’t really hit for me originally

No it’s just the production from mark Ronson, they’re still good song

This is such a good take. Turning on the Screw cuts so hard. Sick, sick, sick was a great single too.

Easily A tier. I'm surprised he talked about it as if others see it as a C or D. I might even rank it higher than Rated R

Make It Wit Chu is one of my favorite good weather cruising songs.

and on the B side we have Into the Hollow, Suture Up Your Future, Battery Acid and 3s & 7s. Era Vulgaris is a masterpiece.

Idk if you know this, but the game ur profile pic is from (motorstorm) has a qotsa song in it. More specifically, Medication from Lullabies to Paralyze.

It’s absolutely mine. It takes you through a labyrinth of emotions, from highs to lows and ending with a beautifully somber finale that leaves you thinking about what the hell you just listened to and why it was so fucking perfect

Yeah it's mine too, every song for me is damn near, or IS perfect. It all works together so well with the theme of fear and madness, it's brilliant.

Hard hitting? What? 🤣 The most "hard hitting" about this Album is literally the intro. This Album is The Rock Album for people who dont want to listen to Rock. Its good, but its everything but its super safe songwriting and production wise.

The guitar solo on "I Appear Missing" is as good as "Comfortably Numb"

@@fieserfactsack9635 safe songwriting? I think you are talking about songs for the deaf with everysong being powerchords and pretty forward drumming, but heeeey it's "hard" it's gotta be good, right?

The editor is Cal's alter ego

the editor needs to do this more honestly, I think it adds some charm to Fantano's well informed work

It’s cal trying to crawl out from inside antknee

I know. It feels like Anthony has a inner demon that takes over the channel for only a second per video.

He doesn’t edit his own vids?

@Gene Bone In some aspects, yes. The band sounds tighter in Songs for the Deaf (in my opinion)

@@Buttsmoker This guy has replied to 100 comments saying that the debut is best

Songs for the deaf is very good I just think the radio bits kinda of ruin it

@@safe0sam Funny cause for me is exactly the opposite. Radio humor makes it even better

...Like Clockwork is their peak I'd honestly argue. Then again, it's basically a supergroup with Josh Homme leading rather than "Queens of the Stone Age" that the other records were. The amount of special appearances and collaboration makes that record so incredibly solid it's not even competition.

Yes into the hollow is great.

One of their best.

Either that or a very, very strong 9

Songs for the Deaf is a CLASSIC/10

songs is one of my favorite albums, so I think it is

Yeah It is

You wish

Don't forget about the deeper cuts! Turnin' On The Screw is a fantastic opener that sets the tone of the record perfectly: dirty, sludgy, industrial-sounding. The riff is also sick (sick sick). I'm Designer is super fun and hilarious, very memorable track. Misfit Love is one of the best Queens songs period - it takes the industrial and robotic sound even further and creates a vivid image in your brain, as if you're really in a dirty factory. Battery Acid is a fking banger - super catchy riff and very bouncy. The syncopated vocals on the verses make it stand out, even if it takes some time to get used to. Finally, River In The Road is the biggest thrill ride Queens have ever had since A Song For The Deaf - you really feel as if something is chasing you. Mark Lanegan adds a lot to the song too. Dunno why, but the slower cuts don't hit me so hard as songs like In The Fade, Mosquito Song (their best song IMO), I Never Came and Running Joke do. To think that I hated the album when I first heard it. Now I think it might be one of my favourites, even though some of the other records are better constructed and better written.

Agree completely and Turning on the Screw is great too.

kittehdrawrs Suture Up Your Future is my favorite song from them, but the whole album is a damn banger. Something about the abrasiveness feels more palatable for me than Songs of the Deaf. I guess I just prefer the more robotic guitar tones over the shrieking loud ones.

Also had some really great covers/b-sides for this album: Christian Brothers, White Wedding, Needle in the Camels Eye

SPInc I think Run, Pig, Run is really good as well as the songs you’ve mentioned.

This 100%

Interesting approach Makes sense when I think about it

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea, there are some songs from Villains that could have easily fit on Like Clockwork (Fortress, Villains of Circumstance)

I think now that In Times New Roman... has released that it bookends the trilogy really well

Definitely my favourite

Me too!! And in the hollow and Era Vulgaris

Same here.

I used to not like Era Vulgaris but I’ve grown to like it. Like Clockwork is good as well, but Villains man… idk. I absolutely love Lullabies to Paralyze and Songs for the Deaf. But I legitimately do not get how people like Villains a lot.

I didn't like it for like a solid few months when it first released, and then somehow I came back to listening to it and now it's my second favourite behind SFTD.

I was thinking of how ridiculous a zappa tier list would be while watching this, do you want the 62 he released in his lifetime, or the 113 hat his family has released?

Hot Rats is easily top tier S.

@@zwood1838 Maybe grouped by lineup/decade? Mothers, Turtles, Solo, etc.

Fuck yeah

Would be awesome, my current favorite band.

That would be a super long but amazing video

Yes, please Anthony!

Should be fun when they have like two B tiers and fifty C tier

Era Vulgaris is S-tier, don't @ me

@@SomeGuyArchivist facts

true

@@Azg105 @

amazing is it? I'm not so sure about that. River in the Road, Suture of your Future, Run Pig Run, Sick Sick Sick, Battery Acid, never really got into Turning on the Screw either... you think these are amazing songs?

I aged into Kyuss after listening to queens in freshman year and the debut does nothing but grow on me

"baroque horror" Perfect description

Agreed! The Josh Homme scales are so prominent in Lullabies. Almost feels like Homme perfected his guitar style with that album

you got a killer scene there, man is one of my fave songs

Lullabies is not their best album, but somehow its the most queens of the stone age-ish album. Almost like it has the ethos of every other album

I love that album but I don’t like the production on it tbh . Guitars sound kinda muddy

No need, most of the albums would be on the bottom tiers.

Pedro de Sá Fuck you

@@TechnoAdamGuy lol cant handle facts eh?

Pedro de Sá No, I can’t handle blasphemy from a close minded idiot who hasn’t listened to a single Beatles record to decide

JillSandwich Says the one with that pfp and based off your only upload, you have no right to think that if you haven’t heard a single Beatles record

Like clockwork is the best album of 2010's

One of their heaviest and nastiest riffs ever

it is just badass

BIG FAXX I'm disappointed that he didn't put it in the S-Tier it's their best album IMO

*Fairly states that its not the most groundbreaking of ideas for the band but still praises a lot of aspects of the album* Me: easily an S tier album Fantano: solid A tier Me: what the fuck

Absolutely hard agree. Like Clockwork is perfect. I was also kind of surprised he gave Villains a C, was really expecting the D.

I'D LIKE TO POLITELY AGREE WITH YOU!

Absolutely s tier

your...… favorite? yeah that's just weird.

@@MillionaireRobot it's my favorite too, but only cause nostalgia (listened to it all the time as a kid). objectively I know it's not their best but I think it gets too much hate.

I’m a massive fan of them, they’re one of my top 3 bands but that album is probably my least favourite

It’s my second favorite

3's and 7's single handedly makes it one of their best albums

The combination of Lanegan on the really dark tracks with Oliveri and Homme taking lead on the other cuts is to die for. Powerhouse of a line up.

It's really what makes sftd the masterpiece that it is . Lanegan doesnt have a bad QOTSA song as far as im concerned and also his vocals on god is in the radio plus the last solo make the song bloody perfect. Song for the deaf imo is the song that really shows qotsa's versatility. Josh homme's soft voice and Mark lanegan's growling voice. Even though im not fan of screaming and metal in general, Nicks screaming towards the end might just be the best part on this song, it makes the song so much better. Anyway i dont even know why im wrting this when my brain is literally like qotsa good, rest bad

Don't forget Alain Johannes!

Agree 100%

"He's just as crucial as Dave Grohl there" Umm... ok

Anferny hates deftones bro..

Deftones are an incredible band.

Billy Retardo that is bananas. I had no idea he did not like them 😂. To me they are the best nu metal band period. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Matt Barden yes sir they are. I was always a fan of their albums but I saw them live right after Diamond eyes came out. It was like being a kid at Disney 🙏🏾

I know. Most the time I’ll just rip one of the other albums for normal days but sometimes you just wake up feeling off and all of a sudden Era Vulgaris fits that mood

Actually ends with fun machine

Depression Cherry no fun machine is a bonus track,it’s not a true part of the album and it isn’t even on Spotify

@@hazmatseventh6925 yeah, wish it was : (

@@absoluteprawn3805 it is now

Dang, if he does that lets hope he's not busy then

Good band though

@B N Braughton lmao imagine believing red pilled is still cool today

Paul Barte agreed

Make it wit chu is the closest thing to a pop song they made. Make of that what you want

@@Drogon7102 if only off of the self titled is very poppy

“C’mon man”

Do you listen to the Desert Sessions? I listened to all of them when they came out and Make it wit chu is originally on desert session.

He should have ranked those on a tier list

Alcohawwwwl

Cocococococo caiiiinneeee

You mean cccccCocaine!!!

A: Vicodin, cocaine B: Ecstasy, Marijuana C: Valium, Alcohol F: Nicotine

It's between them and King Gizzard, but honestly I think KGLW has surpassed them at the time of this comment.

Head like a haunted house is IMO the most interesting track in the album. That’s just me though

And fortress is one of Josh’s more emotionally vulnerable. Idk, for me hideaway is the only lull on this album

Go listen to fortress again...this is unacceptable

Yo listen to un reborn again WTF? It's so good. I'm starting to like this album more and more

Is kyuss the name of another acronym?

@Gene BoneI'll have to give it a try

it's an acquired taste. you have to get used to John's vocals

@Gene Bone I'm not sure about "one of the greatest" but I do like me some Kyuss.

and of course, Pilot the Dune kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qM2od7OIlsmnpH0.html

Kyuss > QotSA, but both bands are great, so everybody wins.

Used to hear Kyuss down the street when I lived in Sky Valley

Almost like what eating battery acid would do to you

Isn’t it called blues FOR the red sun? I could be wrong

@@dakotafawson1223 It is I must have been typing too fast and autocorrect threw that in there. Good call.

Dachshund Daddy happens man. I’m a dachshund daddy too btw

S for Sky, A for Blues, B for Circus, C for Wretch

Lick doo

(Yes, but make sure you get the 2007 European pressing since the sound quality is pretty good 😉)

Not sure if you’ll see this, but I bought the Rated X version for my brother on vinyl for his 12th bday (he’s a huge qotsa fan). The album was wrapped in plastic so I didn’t get to see the artwork inside. When he went to open it up for the first time he simply said “oh my god! There’s boobs on it!” 😂

Those arent Qotsa Fans, those are Festival Bros, Dadrocker and Post Clockwork Normies.

Ronas Dembowski ahahah yes!

For what it's worth, I agree with you

Yeah, it's as good as it needs to be and it has it's own place that is(should be) undisputed. Hell, every queens album has its place except for villians(still a nice record tho)

I saw Nick perform six shooter with them on their Like Clockwork tour. They have creative differences but I’m sure they’re all good friends.

Also, is “Melon” aware of Dave Grohl’s contributions to some of these albums? Not even a mention with Songs for the Deaf.

@@matthewmika3615 he did talk about David Grouhl

lol, he literally said that in his first tier list

Totally agree. Clock has everything that ever made them great turned up to 11. Every single aspect of the band that made them stand out, eerie production that varies very well between tracks (compare the "vintage" I sat by the ocean, the shrill abrasive kalopsia and the poppy hard hitting beat with guitar syncopated around it in smooth sailing. Very different styles but still part of a cohesive balanced unit), classic zero fucks Homme lyrics, sexy Homme delivery, punching riffs, slide guitar, piercing solos, nihilistic yet hopeful quiet moments (if that "I'm alive, hooray" buildup in Vampyre and the solo after don't hit you you're hollow) and masterful instrumentation. It's exactly the right length and has no bad tracks. That dynamic flow to a climax in I Appear Missing with the guitars perfectly accompanying the vocals, that drum stampede into breakdown into bridge and that soaring solo that fades out into passionate lyrics at the end holy shit. Songs for the Deaf is a 10, but so is LC.

and then it ends with a the song ...Like Clockwork, a melancholy Hommage to death and the relentlessness of time with some of the most triumphant slide guitar ever and a heartbeat-like bass. Homme rarely sounds this sensitive and fragile and sweet. LC is like life

@Gene Bone I tend to agree with you on that. Something about the debut that was never quite revisited on any of the later records, much as I adore them all.

Gene Bone yes, thank you, I'm not the only one!!! ❤ the first is the best for me too. Like clockwork feels a bit weak in many tracks to me, despite the eccellent production.

This, album is undersold by the older qotsa fans which I dont blame because they came into it from a different origin than fans who came later. Nonetheless, as a musician the most hard hitting was definitely...like clockwork to me.

Yeah, he definitely should've mentioned the other members of the band considering it's so important to their discography. But didn't Nick not do anything for Lullabies? I remember hearing Mark on a couple tracks, though.

@@person_people8134 yeah that's correct. I could've worded it better. It should've been a "and/or" situation. Nick was out of Queens before they recorded Lullabies, but I was referring to Mark's work on that album and his AND Nick's contributions to Rated R.

@@whitespyder9 My bad, lol

I think villains is good, it’s different but it’s got a grooviness to it

ikr?? that album was the perfect blend of their vocals, even tho after Nick's departure it was nice hearing Mark on couple of songs on each album except Villains i think, but i hope he comes back if they make another album

I dunno what you were listening before, If it was Stoner Rock you will love their debut, If it was Hard Rock You will love Songs for the Deaf and them crooked Vultures, If it was Radio Rock like Arctic Monkeys or Fu Fighters you will love the last 2 retarded Records, If you Love Deep Art with a requiered Taste You Love Era Vulgaris, If you like festivals, drugs and bad memes you love rated r

Lol same

I'd give ur profile pic a strong to rock hard 10

If were talking just Rock Music, like the best Comb of High Energy and Harmony its 100% Mars Volta. But Qotsa is one of the best for sure.

@@abapical id give it a 😪

@@fieserfactsack9635 Qotsa has a sweet spot that mars volta doesn't i'm afraid....plus cedric ruins it sometimes.

do you like them?

Domesticated Animals is a banger too tbh

Unreborn again? Head like a haunted house? Or even Fortress? Honestly, i like these songs all more than any off ITNR

yeah i find it odd because these 2 added a LOT to their albums with just their vocals, if it had been only josh on vocals it wouldnt sound as good and there would be a lot filler tracks but they found each other at the perfect time, i like all of their albums but without a doubt early 00s was their best line up and its weird he never mentions these 2 in this vid, i mean its not like they're serial killers or anything